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We've all seen them, documentaries built on boring, lifeless
interviews. We've all read them, profiles that don't even hint at
the motives of the person behind the story. Warren Etheredge has
spent a career interviewing filmmakers, authors and ordinary people
both on screen and in print and …

How did Scoble do it? What made Perez Hilton so much more
successful than People magazine? How do emoticons change the way we
do business on the web? Join Chris Brogan and Julien Smith, authors
of the book Trust Agents, for an exploration of how the human
circuitry goals of Chris Pirillo mig…

Phil will talk about science communication online, and how the
"new" (now teenaged, in more ways than one) media has affected it.
Specifically how instant info -- passed on Twitter -- can actually
make misinformation spread faster than good info, and how freaking
hard it is to clean up once …

Compared to our computers, our bodies are mind-bogglingly
complex systems. There's no "life extension pill" available today,
and none is likely to arrive soon. Fortunately for us, we can use
our technical skills to evaluate and implement today's life
extension techniques, some of which can b…

We're living through a radical shift in how innovation happens.
Today, a culture of sharing and collaboration is changing the face
of technology--enabling the development of things like affordable
3d printing that put the tools of personal manufacturing on your
desktop. In the future when yo…

We at the University of Washington are investigating whether the
brainpower of humans worldwide can be brought to bear on critical
problems posed in computational biology. The long term goal of this
project is to utilize the combined power of humans and computers in
order to build accurate m…

Drew will discuss foundational usage of social media, tools, and
platforms to spread the word TO PEOPLE about what they're
passionate about and what they're doing. LIVESTRONG, Stand up for
Cancer, Planet Cancer and more. Widgets, Facebook Cause pages, and
original ideas such as #BlameDrewsCa…

Why did media companies miss the boat on the web? They haven't
always valued the input from their own technology folks on staff.
That's changing as the web is becoming an important source for news
and information. So now local newspapers, radio stations and TV
stations are hoping that a new …

Emerging from the explosion of next-gen DIY movements, hand
crafting revivals, and celebrating all thing geek comes a unique
set of makers; the nerd crafter. Nothing is off-limits from the
imagination and ingenuity of these crafters, who blend their
passion for sci-fi, gaming, technology and…

When the affiliate nexus tax, commonly known as the Amazon Tax,
first appeared in New York last spring much of the marketing
industry was caught off guard. Since then battles have been fought
in eight states over similar legislation including a veto by
Governator. We will go over how such le…

Mark Horvath has broken the mold. He is not doing what makes
sense - and he's not even doing something that pays the bills. With
$45, a laptop, an iPhone and social media, Mark developed
InvisiblePeople.tv in November 2008 to tell the stories of
homelessness. His work is extremely innovative…

Amber Case will be talking about the strangeness of humans and
our prosthetic culture. From the externalization of our brains to
the machine, to human/machine interfaces, to the blurring
boundaries of public and private spaces, to the quick progression
of our relationship with humans and com…

Gnomedex is always a flurry of activity, information and
sessions with new/old friends. With everything being captured
digitally in real time, sometimes it is hard to review the
experience in its entirety. I will be capturing candids, portraits
and documentation of the two days of Gnomedex 2…